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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazufumi Onuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus that provides information about a virtual viewpoint image includes: a generation unit configured to generate scene information including type information and time information, the type information indicating a type of an event occurring in an image-capturing region in which an image is captured by a plurality of cameras, the time information indicating a time when the event has occurred; and a provision unit configured to provide an output destination of material data with the scene information generated by the generation unit, the material data being generated from a plurality of captured images obtained by the plurality of cameras capturing images of the image-capturing region from different directions, the material data being used to generate the virtual viewpoint image depending on a position and an orientation of a virtual viewpoint.